Greenworks | Science Voices

Greenworks is a global environmental stewardship classroom that utilizes role-playing games and community projects to create grassroots change for urgent environmental problems.

New Partnership

In February 2023, we signed a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding with Khairun University in Ternate, Indonesia. During this collaboration, we will utilize the Greenworks program to support student environmental stewardship projects on Ternate and surrounding islands. We will also work with all eight faculties in training teachers in project-based learning.

Announcement (in Indonesian)

Early 2023 Cohort

The early 2023 cohort is hard at work. Three student groups are working on the project design curriculum, with teacher training taking place to support the teams’ mentors.

The Indonesian teams are working on two projects, one for coral transplantation and another on cataloging and understanding traditional ecologic knowledge about marine resources on nearby islands. The Ukrainian team is working on hydroelectric power.

Greenworks Brazil 2022

In October and November 2022, future geoscience educators at the University of Campinas in Brazil participated in an environmental diplomacy role-playing game, exploring challenging environmental problems and negotiating solutions to them.

Over two months, they participated in the games, learned about game-based learning, and provided feedback to help future development of the program.

You Empower Students!

We fund student projects through donations from people like you! With your generous donations, we train students in project development and implementation, then send them cash to bring their project to life!

Project mentors in-country and Greenworks program managers at Science Voices monitor the projects and help coach them to success.

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Composting House

The 2021 Indonesian cohort developed a composting business to help manage waste on the island of Ternate. Fani and friends collected waste and studied business topics to create an approach where they purchase organic waste and sell the resulting compost.

Now, the composting business has become a training program for Khairun University, teaching more students how to compost. Composting house student projects now include organic farming on-site and selling organic produce and compost to nearby businesses.

Canal Project

Funded through US Global Ties and the Citizen Diplomacy Action fund, Greenworks Indonesia instructors and students worked to clean up and artistically beautify a critical drainage canal in Ternate to serve as a touristic site and education center for proper waste management in 2022.

You Empower Students!

We fund student projects through donations from people like you! We are currently raising funds for engineering projects, which will fund students working on building equipment and tools to support our students working on Greenworks environmental stewardship projects.

Project mentors in-country and Greenworks program managers at Science Voices monitor the projects and help coach them to success.

Support Students Now!

Greenworks Games

4-6 weeks

Six lessons on science and governance (including resources, institutions, law-making, and risk management)
Four role-playing scenarios (trade, environmental policy, point hazard, and system hazard)
A sister classroom pairing, with dedicated coordinator
Teacher training (if you are new to active learning)

Drop this innovative 4-6 week curriculum into your existing class and give your students a truly international experience. With modular teaching units, you can use the materials as they are or modify them to fit your learning needs. We’ll work to find you an international partner for your classroom and help coordinate the offerings.

See how our Late 2022 Cohort played!

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Community Impact Projects

1 semester

Lessons on project design (including science questions, project logistics, and risk management)
Small grants for successful student teams to implement their projects (raised via crowdfunding)
International connections with classrooms, clubs, companies, and organizations for technology and expertise

In this experimental curriculum, we work with teachers and students in the Global South to help them learn the skills of good project development, implementation, and evaluation based on NASA mission design approaches. Students then work to implement an environmental stewardship project in their communities, with funding and support from their Global North mentors and partners.

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